First off, I do actually indeed mean 206 degrees Celsius, not Fahrenheit, this is obviously a false reading, otherwise, my CPU would be dead, but these false temp reading spikes are drastically affecting my FPS, I go from having 120+ FPS in War Thunder to below 30. These temp spikes happen after I've had the game (Happens in all games, not only in WT) open for a decent amount of time. (3-6 hours) I've already tried cleaning the heatsink, the fans, and changing the thermal paste of the CPU, none of these helped.
As you can see in MSI Afterburner I go from having an average CPU temp, whilst underload, of 60-65c, to an instant spike of 206c. The time until the temps go from 206c to 99c is always 42 seconds for some odd reason. My CPU isn't overclocked, only my GPU.
CPU - AMD FX-8300
GPU - AMD R9 380
Motherboard - MS-7641 Ver. 3.0
As you can see in MSI Afterburner I go from having an average CPU temp, whilst underload, of 60-65c, to an instant spike of 206c. The time until the temps go from 206c to 99c is always 42 seconds for some odd reason. My CPU isn't overclocked, only my GPU.
CPU - AMD FX-8300
GPU - AMD R9 380
Motherboard - MS-7641 Ver. 3.0
Last edited: